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ForceAtlas2, a continuous graph layout algorithm for handy network visualization designed for the Gephi software.

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العنوان: ForceAtlas2, a continuous graph layout algorithm for handy network visualization designed for the Gephi software.
المؤلفون: Mathieu Jacomy, Tommaso Venturini, Sebastien Heymann, Mathieu Bastian
المصدر: PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 6, p e98679 (2014)
بيانات النشر: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014.
سنة النشر: 2014
المجموعة: LCC:Medicine
LCC:Science
مصطلحات موضوعية: Medicine, Science
الوصف: Gephi is a network visualization software used in various disciplines (social network analysis, biology, genomics...). One of its key features is the ability to display the spatialization process, aiming at transforming the network into a map, and ForceAtlas2 is its default layout algorithm. The latter is developed by the Gephi team as an all-around solution to Gephi users' typical networks (scale-free, 10 to 10,000 nodes). We present here for the first time its functioning and settings. ForceAtlas2 is a force-directed layout close to other algorithms used for network spatialization. We do not claim a theoretical advance but an attempt to integrate different techniques such as the Barnes Hut simulation, degree-dependent repulsive force, and local and global adaptive temperatures. It is designed for the Gephi user experience (it is a continuous algorithm), and we explain which constraints it implies. The algorithm benefits from much feedback and is developed in order to provide many possibilities through its settings. We lay out its complete functioning for the users who need a precise understanding of its behaviour, from the formulas to graphic illustration of the result. We propose a benchmark for our compromise between performance and quality. We also explain why we integrated its various features and discuss our design choices.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1932-6203
Relation: http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4051631?pdf=render; https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098679
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/669f8266172a48cd9fb9acbaed082f1d
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.669f8266172a48cd9fb9acbaed082f1d
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:19326203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0098679